General Discussion
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US Presidential line of sucession:
No. Office Current officer
1 Vice President Mike Pence (R)
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R)
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch (R)
4 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R)
5 Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin (R)
6 Secretary of Defense James Mattis (I)
7 Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R)
8 Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke (R)
9 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue (R)
10 Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (R)
11 Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta (R)
12 Secretary of Health and Human Services Eric Hargan (R)[a]
Acting
13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson (R)
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao (R)
14 Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (R)
15 Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (R)
16 Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin (I)
17 Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke (I)[a]
Acting
This listing assumes that acting officers whose prior appointment required Senate confirmation are eligible for the line of succession. See Acting officers below.
Not a natural-born citizen (acquired U.S. citizenship by naturalization) and thus ineligible for the Presidency.
Excuse me, I need to go throw up.
Sneederbunk
(14,275 posts)Pachamama
(16,884 posts)Of any name on that list, he is the only one that I would say is not corrupt and has any leadership skills. I know some might say that having a military man being the Commander in Chief would be better than someone like Trump in making military decisions, but I don't think he has any diplomatic experience. Certainly management experience.
Then again, it would be hard to be worse than Trump - in anything....
Wounded Bear
(58,596 posts)Pachamama
(16,884 posts)More than sad....